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Definition of coltish in English:

coltish

adjective

‘Lengths in skirts are also a matter of preference this Spring, but for those of you with less than coltish limbs, there are also plenty of ankle skimming numbers to choose from.’

‘There she was gambolling around Covent Garden one afternoon in her school uniform, minding her own business, when a scout from Elite modelling agency caught sight of the coltish 15-year-old.’

‘Working within the constraints of royal ceremony, she combined an impetuous, coltish physicality with high glamour and a flirtatious, seductive allure.’

‘Suddenly, every issue of Vogue had picture after picture of the most incredible person: coltish limbs, with a tiny face, retroussé nose, huge eyes and an adorable fringe.’

‘A visit to Lake Placid every year allows you to watch as the cute little tykes from pre-juvenile and juvenile dance morph into coltish adolescents in novice and then stunning young heartbreakers in juniors and seniors.’

‘You can only celebrate the fact that, for a time, the most perfect relationship - between middle-aged fathers and coltish teens - took place under your nose and was replicated in the houses of friends.’

‘He, you see, is a details man, a coltish clothes horse, and a dedicated Anglophile to boot.’

‘Yesterday he was asking for more time - for himself, and any manager attempting to rear young players - after watching his coltish team being dismantled by Rangers.’

‘They paid the princely sum of one shilling to queue up on the narrow staircase and head downstairs into a room filled with the noise of revelling mop-headed boys and coltish girls with pale-painted mouths and thick, black eyelashes.’

‘They themselves were youthful, ambitious artists channeling the hubris of their own oyster-worlds into these coltish, intelligent alter egos.’

‘Juliet's coltish, little girl steps soon slink, like Prokofiev's undulating score, into something languorous and self knowing enough to convince us she is now a woman in love.’

‘He was a tall, coltish, bespectacled young man, curiously lovable.’

‘As a coltish 16-year-old who was unprepared to deal with her still-maturing body, she began to struggle with weight control and self-doubt.’

‘They capture the coltish youth of two 16-year-olds in the throes of first love, but somehow missing is the fever of a relationship that spirals toward death.’

‘He questioned whether he still possessed the athletic vigour to handle coltish opponents as once he did.’

‘Despite the best efforts of Hollywood's image-spinners, she refuses to play the game, preferring to relax, ignore the hype, and flaunt her coltish figure.’

‘On various sporting topics this column has never shied from the notion that talent, no matter how coltish, should be given free rein.’

‘It was, though, his coltish pace and imposing height and strength which first unsettled the Glasgow defence.’